Synchronous rotating-field commutator machine



JKJONAS June ll, 1929.

SYNCHRONOUS ROTTING FIELD COMMUTATOR MACHINE Filed July 16, 192e;v

3 Sheets-Sheet Patented `June 11, a e

UNITED STATES PAiiiaiiri OFFICE..

JUmUs JONAS, or BADEN, SWITZERLAND, iissIGNoR ro AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT BROWN novanta' ein., SWITZERLAND. a

OF BADEN, SWITZERLAND, `A. JOINT-STOCK COMPANY kOE l sYNcrinoNoUs norA'riNG-EIELD coNrMUTa'roa MACHINE.

Application lcd `July 16, 1926? Serial No.` 122,750, andinV Germany Angusti', 1925.

`This inventionrelatcs to the construction and operation of electrical machines of the synchronous rotating-field cominutator type,

i and has to do principally with the operation 5` `of suchinachines orthe conversion of elec- .trical currentandfor the exciting, compensating and synchronizing of induction motors or the electrically linking ot' tivo systems Opf erating with different frequencies and num-` l` bers otphases.` i

The general `ob]e`cts `of the invention `ina clude thefprovision` of aconstructiono'f such a machine and an arrangement of auxiliary apparat-us whereby certainty of operation and i effect-s will be `obtained `withoi'itthe necessity a for elaborate or complicated controlling adjuncts. A

a Another object theiprovision of akconstruction for such a machine which Iwill avoid destructive or wasteful cominutating effects.

t A'urther object isthelpijcvision of a construction `which `will permitlcert'ain simplifications iiithe mechanical construction.

O therand ``urtlie`-"r objects will'be pointed outorindicated hereinafter, or `will be ap-l t parentto one skilled in the art upon an un- Y vderstanding of the invention.

a For the Apurpose of illustration displose herein certain applications o tfthe invention, e butit is to be understood `that these are not regarded as` exhaustive of the variations oi" forms of apparatus in which it may be enr" bodied andutilized, orasiinposingon the claims limitations not necessitated bythe Ystate of the art.

specification,` i i a i i i" e Fig. l isa diagram of an apparatus illustrative of the invention, and 'representing a and alternating` currents for operation;

`Fig. 2 isa diagram illustratinga machine of my improved construction arrangedto function as an exciter tor starting and coinpensating an induction motor, both being I Y supplied from atliree phase source ot operatt Y i j electrically connected` With the successive y pairs of conductors connected to successive ar-f ing current; i t i e e c Fig. Slis a diagramillustratingthe conatingcurrent.

of ainachine foi-linking systems of dine-rent In'the drawings `irniing apart ot this commutator machine "of a my improved con` struction as connected with sources of direct l e c e Y that each pair of connected conductors rep- 4The conimutator has Ytwenty-two segments,

tion of'arniature windings tocominutator segments in which the `pitch angle ratio is f1;

"Fig 5 is a diagram illustrating commutating action in a machine in which the ratio of windings pitch to comiiiutator segments pitch is 1; Y Fig. 6 `is a diagram representing the arrangement for connection of a machine containing rthe inverse armature winding and' t conimutator segment connection illustratedin F 4 and 5, to a three phase sourceot oper Fig. V7 is a diagram illustrating connection phases; and

`Fig 8 is a diagram illustrating relationships ot voltage and frequency variations in a machine embodying the invention. a In theusual forms of rotating-field com-` 7 mutator machines the pitch ot successive ai1` mature conductors,` in angular measure,` is the saine as that oit their respective commutator segments. The present invention supplies a machine in which the ratio of the an-` gular pitchof the armature conductors to the v Vangular pitch ofthe corresponding commu-` tator segments isa whole number value other i than l, saidvalue beingeither positive or negative." For example, Fig. 3 illustrates the connectionsand relationship between arma-` ture windings `and conimutator segments for Y `a two pole machine in which this ratio value is a 2. The: armature has eleven slots, each carrying `two conductors t, connected in pairs, so

windings being designatedii-n the :ligure by the reference numerals `lto l1 inclusive t n t a u u thediametrically opposite segments being Yeo only 90. must always be determined withreference toV mutator at positions 180 electrical 'degrees apart would 'include an actual space angle of The brush spacing, accordingly,

the pitch ratio, thusy Let Acri-be the electric-Lil Vangle between the brushes, AS the space angle@ between the brushes, `and .pthe number of.` V"pairs ot' poles, and Il the ratio ofvwindings. pitch to-commutator segments pitch; then f Fig. 4 represents diagrammatically an eX- am'ple of a tour pole machine `withthe armature windings and coi'nmutator segments connected in inverse ratioV (K: l) The' rari mature has twenty`four slots carrying a simple .lap winding of twenty-four turns numbered 11 to 24 inclusive on the ligure, and the Vcommutator has twenty-four segments which,

on this ligure are numbered.toacerrespond to the numbering oftheir connected windings. Winding number 1 `is connected to segment number l', winding` numberQ,.which is'in the next adjacent slot in clockwise direction, is

. connectedto'seginentnumber 2', which is the next. adjacent segment in counterclockwise mentsv in actual succession. Thus, `when direction, and soV on, the connections thus `progressing inversely at unit value until we come to the connection `for. winding number 7 which is connected to a segment diametrically opposite to the segment which is juxtaposed to segment number 6 in the count-,erclockwise direction. However, in view ot the tact that the opposite pairs of segments are always at the same potential, the `same inverse conlnection is attained by the connection of the i winding to the equipote'nti'al segment diainetricallyV opposite the` one next `succeeding segment number 6.. This freedom enables the connectors between the turns andthe 'seg-- Vmentsto be much shorter than ittheconnections weremadebetween windings and seg- K: n1V it is a simple matter to arrange the connections between armaturewindings and coininutator see-ments so that they are divided Vinto groups withthe windings ot each ,f grou'pV connected respectively in inverse relationship to the segments of a corresponding group.V The equipotenti'al segments may be conduce` tively connected either by respective conduc, torsor through the `instrumentalityV of i brushes.V J`With the grouping arrangement illustrated :in Fig. 4, therev are twentysfour win'diiigvturns and twenty-four commutator segments inversely connected in groupings of i' chine ,has no commutator.

Vith this arrangement the number and spacing of the brush spindles will be the saine -as for an ordinary four/pole machine. The

construction accommodates various brush arrangen'ients, however, as conversely to the possibility of reducing the number ot brush spin- Vdlesby theprovision ot equipotential connectors between segments, an increase in the pitch ratio valuepermits asimilar increase inV the numberof brush spindles, and aconsef Vquent shorteningof the commutator.

In Fig. l is illustrated diagrammatically an arrangement of'apparatus tor operation otra machine having the inverse connection ot windings to segments as described above (K=-l). In this `illustration the threephase supplyrmains are designated'N, the stator of themachine I? Vand the commutator C. The stator windings areconnected tothe ksupply mains, and the armature windings 2i' are connectedto the commutatorsegments in theV inverse,arrangement above described, there being an equal number of segments and .windings kThe rotor carries also the threej slip ringsV S by means of 'which thestarting resistances A may be cut into and out of the armature circuit incident Yto starting.V The direct current Vmachine has its rotor car ricd on the same sl-iaftas the rotor jot-the commutator machine, and has its field F con! nected in shunt across its brushes I). VIVhen.

it is desired to derive direct current from upas-anfinductionmotor and brought up to .the vcommutator inachinefit is first started about; haltsynchronous speed. "IThcn the* brushesV B of `the Ycommutator machine andv the brushes b' of the DC machine are connected through the'lines of the direct current system L. -As a result, the DC machine im-V L Y, presses on the armature windings of the commutator machine a unidirectional `E. M. F.,

whereupon the starting resistances A may beV entiielycut out, 'since both sides ot' the commutator machine are under voltages of fixed frequencies and the machine, therefore, op- ,erating at synchronism. The It. I). IVI, at

which the machine generates direct current are ascertainable from the general re quency equation as follows:

Inithis W1' represents thefrequency .of thef primary currents of the apparatus, IV, representsitliej frequency of the secondary currents ot the apparatus. NB represents l frequency foi the revolution oit the cominutator brushes (,if these rotate), N A represents 'frequency ot Y rotation of the" armatuiie, and K i'ciliresents the pitchratio Vbetween armature windingsV "and commutator `segments The ratio K isY Y` always a whole nuinberrand can have any positive or negative value. .I'K=O, the 'ma- By substituting dclinite Vvalues for thefour unknowns inthe 94-5 `the action :of which `the machine is lield in step with the supply frequency. The same effects occur, and the proper `operating con- (i` tion, theflux must besuited tothe comunita- 'tion requirements and the maximum flux `frequency equation, the `fifth may i f tained, thus:n i

Manne me@ om DG machine NB: 0 (viz, fixed brushes), l K: l (viz, inverse commutator connections), and a W`1=the`line frequency; we first obtain -lV i N4 :'W-ll "2(2),` and then i Nflilf `Smitherl?. M. at which the frequency equation is satisfied and the` machine `generates V Y im.

Thus if a machine with inverse commutatoi connections, but having the pitch of the seginentsthe same asthat of the ,armature con-H direct current is given-by the valiieof (liictoi's, is driven at half synchronous speed inthe same direction as the rotating field,

` @fue `values other than l.

linaintained constant by synchronizing the between the supplyand induced frequencies results `ina relative displacement ofthe reihen the.potentialdifference across the commuta-tor brushes will have ,Zero frequency.` The operation of this machine `as-a` DC" generator is thus bound up with `the condition thatthevR. PJM. must be maintained at If the fspeed ofaijevoliition is not main`- driving mechanism, synchronization must be insured by e impressing ja unidirectional E. M. F.,on the coinmutator `from `some eX-` teriial source,as above described.v f In this way, the machine is synchronized on the frequencies supplied j to thelstatoi''aiid rotor.` lVlien so synchronized, the speedfof revolu-` tion as "given ,by the `frequency equation cannot alterfforthe reason thataiiy difference spectivejaxes ofthe stator and rotor fields, which displacement is accompanied by large accelerating or retarding currents, owing to ditionsinay be determined in the saine manner from the frequency, equation previously given, when the value Ii is` positive butlias For example, substituting other.l values for K in `(2) with the brushes stationary (NB 0) `.lor X542, NA: -c c i l i i W FOIl andsoon c y. In order i to obtain satisfactory co1nmutacliQSnA soithatit is not necessary tosuppress the E. MdFqs inducedby the rotatingfield.

. rotates. e space, therefore, there may be effected a varia` A commutating E. M. F. can be Vobtained, however, by displacing the brushes somewhat into the field. This ismade possible by the fact that the short circuiting of the armature windings, progresses, in effect, at the same velocity as the rotating field, although there is actually a relative `motion between the windingand the field during commutation, due to the fact that the field rotates uniformly, whereas the short circuiting progresses by jumps as the successive segments pass under Y the brushes; together with the fact that the (ih-i, Nfl-gl).

Then a point `P on the armature has rotated from position a to position b the stator field has moved from position a to position c.

iVith the brush R in the position shown,tlie

winding tre is short c ircuited when the point I is` at position a and the coil 3 3 is short circuited when the point has reached position b,

`by which time winding 3-3 is already in positionc. Y Thusowing to the inverse method of connection between the segments and the vwindings,the short circuiting of the windings progresses in effectat the saine angular velocity as the stator field rotates, although the winding actually under short circuit is rotatingatonly half the 'speed at which the field ByA adjustment of the brushes in tion of the commutation with respect to the instant position of the rotating field, such as to obtain a coiiimutating EL M. F. in the armature windings.

to say, a machine with simple comniutator in `inverse connection, synchronous operation.V

may b e attained at the ordinary speed of synchronisin, without -the necesity for injecting direct curernt, it being sufficient that both stator and comniut-ator are supplied with current` at normal supply frequency. A suitable scheme of connections for such a machine is i shown in Fig.` 6, wherein `D designates the rotary field coininutator machine, having a cominiitator C inversely connectedto-the armature windings as above described.` The machine has three brushes on the commutator and three slip rings S for connectingin the variable f The stator wind-,e

resistance A at starting.

ings are connected to the three phase supply mains N through the switch H,"and theiarma- :60; vary between 0,

` ture windings are excited by current drawnV from the supply mains through the auxiliary transformer T,'to whichthe brushes are coI1- nected through the switchZ.v The voltageV requisite for the commutator is very low, since `it "hasjA only to` make upfthat lost through the ohmic resistance -of the armature winding. The operation.ofsynchronizing this machine is Vcarried out in the same Way as'for an ordinary synchronous induction' motor, that is,

`the machine is started up as an induction ino'- tor with lresistances in the motor' circuit, and

thee'xcitation voltage appliedy to theconnnuta'- 'tor when it gets up to aboutV synchronous speed.

Machines ln'which-K hasavalue other than 1 may be employed also for AC to AC conversion, and the appropriate speed at which they mustbe driven will be .found by substituting the proper value for W2. Assuming that the brushes are fixed, thenif W2=W1,

This equation can be satisfied only if N A` equals 0, or if K=1, which. later is the ordinary rotating field commutator machine in which the frequency of the brush currents is the same as the supply frequency in the Vstator windings andl is independentofthe speed of rotation. The case is otherwise, howevergrif W2 c* lVl., in which instance the frequency of rotationisA represented f l 2W@H -NftK-'lf Substituting various values for [f gives the following: l When i 21 NA'zWl: fire-3, y' ivf-W. q

. ffT-he machine can also beemployed to `tffreat advantage in another way, if E. M. ls of variable frequency are applied to the armature. We then makeuse of the followingrelation as given by the frequency equation :ir

,NA-f fit-ivY jand when i, Y' j 1c; -1,;N,.=LW1,W2 f

. the.valuelfiifV W2 between llll, 0 and 'wil/V1, then the frequency ofrevol'ution will at'E2 the variation ofthe voltageat the com? mutator, and at Wt-he variation of the frequency, as functions ofthe speed ofthe machine. i It will be seen that at speedfequal to half synchronous speed, the frequency YW,

is 0V and the voltage is i -With the machine directional E; M. F. is derived by induction i and not, as with the Vordinary rotary converter, by conduction. .Thusthere is free choice of the pressure ratio. Consequently, the ma? chine is very suitable as an exciter for starting and compensating' induction motors.V If the induction motor has 21 poles, and the direct coupled rotary field commutator machine hasl K poles, that is with only poles rent/for excitation purposes exactly Vas synchronous speed is reached.. In lsuch case,

when Kif-1,' the synchronous speed of the induction motor corresponds tohalf the synf 1 chronous speed of the commutator machine,"at

which speed, as shown above, direct current Vat half the `standstill voltage, is generated. o Since the rotor. frequency ofk theinduction when K= 1, Vit willV then supply direct curi motor is zeroatitspsynchronous speed, the

' frequencyV ofthe secondary currents of the twounachines will Vloefthe Vsaine when vsyn-` chronism Vis reached. Moreover, the two frequencies Awill be the same Whatever the speed' ofthe set. vWillen at standstill, the Secondary frequency of both machines isl equalto the frequencyof the primary mains, and

i l at twice the synchronousspeed of the induction'motor the secondary frequencies. of both machines are equal to the negative'valueV of nize, as the exciter may beinserted before the primary frequency.V For these reasons, the lsetrmay bestarted up without disconnecting Y Y the exciter, and it is not necessary to synchrojl16` I Vstarting commences, and suppliescurrent of the required frequency at all speeds. Such an arrangement is shown diagrammatica'lly in V'Fig. 2, wherein Npdesignatesthe three phase supply mains to which the stator winding A10 of the induction motor M isconnected through the'switch 11. The motor winding 12 is connected through the slip Vrings 14 with the Y starting rheostat 15, thesliding contacts of which are connected to the brushes Bof the"VV commutator machine D. The rotor 16 of this machine is direct coupled with the rotor of i the induction motor, and the stator 17 is connected to thefmains through theswitchj 18. VAssuming that the pitch ratio K of -theeoinfV .mutator machine equals 1-1, andgthatgsaidg machinehas half as many poles as the indue Y tion'motor, the frequency of the-E. F's in both commutator and slip rings will betlie same at all speeds.

A synchronous `rotaryviield commutator machine co-nstructedin accordance withthe invention maybe used for electrically linking two systems having different frequencies and numbers of phases. The stator winding of t the machine is connected to `one systein,and thecomnn ator, with a suitable number of brush sets, is connected to the other system. The speed at which the machineruns must then satisfy the general frequency equation Fig. 7 shows suchY arrangement for a .three phase system of frequencyl/V1 electrically linked with .al single phase system offre- `quency mi in which case NA= i Q The term synchronous rotating-field coininutator machine` refers to a particular type `of machine, the principal features of which` are a polyphasewinding on the. stator and an ordinary conimutator winding on the rotorV arranged with inverse connections as dei scribed. In operatingsuch afinachine, currents of definite `frequency are supplied to `hoth stator and commutatoi,"tlie machine then running at a definitcifixed speed.

n The tei-'in rsynchronous induction motor` refers'to apparatusconsisting of an induction motor with a direct-coupled D. (Lexciter, and which is started up cutting out resistance from the rotorcircuitin the same `manner as in operating an ordinary induc,-

tion motor, and then `pulling the motor into synchronism by introducing a direct curi-'ent into the rotor by means of the exciter.` The machine then runs with the characteristics of a synchronous motor. i

l/Vhat I claim is:

l. In asynchronous rotarylfield commutator machine, theyconibination with the `field and armature windings, of `a conrinutator. `having segments electrically connected tothe armature windings,the"ratie ofthe angular pitch of the armature windings tothe angular pitch of correspondingcoinmutator segments "being an integer value other than l, and

means for applying electrical currents to the field and armature windings.

2. In a synchroniius` rotary-iieldicommui tator machine, the combination vwith field i and armature windings, of a commutator having segments electrically connected to respective armature conductors, the number of segments and their connections to said conductors `being so arranged that the ratio of the angular pitch between successive armature conductors to the angular pitch between their connected segments is an integer value other than l, and means for applying cur rents. separately to the field and armature windings. A

3. In a synchronous rotary-field commutator machine, the combination with armature conductors, `of coinmutator segments electrically connected t'o said conductors in the relationship wherein the ratio pitch of successive conductors pitch of corresponding segments is an integer value other than 1, and means the segments.

4. In a synchronous rotary-field commu` tator machine, the combination with the armature conductors, of commutator segments apportioned into groups, the segments of a group being connected to armature conductors in the relationship wherein the ratio pitch of successive conductors pitch of corresponding segments pitch ofsuccessive armature conductors pitcliyof corresponding segments is an integer value other than 1,' and means `for electrically connecting the coininutator segments to armature windings ofthe induction motor.

Y In testimony whereof I have hereunto subjscribed my name at Zurich, Switzerland, on the 29 `day une A. D. 1926. v

JULiUs JONAS.

`for short circuiting the conductors through Y Y CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION.

Patent No. 1,716,494. Granted June 11, 1929, to

JULIUS JONAS.

It is hereby certified that error appears in the printed specification of the above numbered patent requiring correction asfollows: Page 1, line 28, for the misspelled word "displose" read "diselose"; page 4, lines 83 and 85, for "2 sub 1" read "2 sub p", and line 117, for "motor" read "rotor"; and that the said Letters Patent should be read with these corrections therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Office.

Signed and sealed this 13th day of August, A. D. 1929.

M. J. Moore, (Seal) vActing Commissioner of Patents.

CERTIFCATE 01? CORRECTION.

Patent No. 1,716,494. Granted June 11, 1929, to

JULIUS JONAS.

it is hereby certified that error appears in the printed specification of the above numbered patent requiring correction as'follows: Page i, line 28, for the misspcicd word "dsplose" read "disclose"; page 4, lines 83 and 85, for "2 sub 1" read "2 sub p", and line 117, for "motor" read "rotor"; `and that the said Letters Potent should be read with these corrections therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Cfiice.

Signed and sealed this 13th day of August, A. D. 1929.

M. J. Moore, (Seal) 4Acting Commissioner of Patents.

CERTIFICATE 0F CORRECTION.

Patent No. 1.716,494. Granted June 11, 1929, to

JULIUS JONAS.

It is hereby certified that error appears in .the printed specification of the above numbered patent requiring correction as'follows: Page 1, line 28, for the misspelled word "displose" read "disclose"; page 4, lines 83 and 85, for "2 sub 1" read "2 sub p", and line 117, for "motor" read "rotor"; and that the said Letters Patent should be read with these corrections therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Office.

Signed and sealed this 13th day of August, A. D. 1929.

M. J. Moore, (Seal) Acting Commissioner of Patents. 

